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Valentine card: P.14417-R-69

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Current Location: In storage

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Valentine card

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Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Cameo-embossed gilt, die-cut paper of a scene featuring a watermill on the right and an oval window with scalloped edge on the left. The window contains a panel of white silk embroidered with pink roses and a scroll with the verse: 'WITH ITS MODEST VEIL / SAYS TRUTH IN LOVE / WILL E'ER PREVAIL'. The gilt paper is decorated with chromolithographed scraps of pink roses at upper and lower right and a garland of forget-me-nots at centre left. A scrap of a young girl wearing a pink dress is affixed on a paper spring at the centre. The gilt paper is mounted with paper springs onto a white embossed lace paper front, which is adhered to the back paper. A hand-written inscription on the album leaf to the right: '4/6'. This price was presumably transcribed from the verso of the valentine before it was mounted into the album.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1870 - Circa 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Applied textile
Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14417-R-69
Primary reference Number: 215298

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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